U.S. attorney in Louisville was on list for possible firing

Huber's name later removed

12:32 AM,
May 18, 2007

Written by

Andrew Wolfson
awolfson@courier-journal.com

The U.S. attorney in Louisville said he has never been asked by the Justice Department to resign and had no idea until yesterday he was on a list of prosecutors suggested for termination.

The Washington Post reported that David Huber, the top federal prosecutor for the Western District of Kentucky, was one of 26 U.S. attorneys suggested for firing between February 2005 and December 2006.

The newspaper said Huber's name was on a list that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' chief of staff sent to the White House in March 2005. ...